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Planning a purchase? Bothered by badgers in the garden? Got a culinary conundrum? Whatever dilemma you're facing, the MSE Forum will dispense practical wisdom with a MoneySaving twist. Read on to find out what Forumites have been talking about this week. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's…
Some services (Uber, for example) have a dynamic pricing system, raising prices on the fly when demand is higher and reducing them when demand is lower. It's a double-edged sword, but it can mean getting a cheaper deal if you've found yourself buying/booking when there's a lull in customers. On the whole, how do you feel…
Hi everyone, We know the Forum’s performance has been sub-optimal over the last few weeks, and for that we can only apologise. The site’s been experiencing stability issues, resulting in the ‘Gateway Timeout’ messages you may have seen. The Cloudflare ‘Verifying you’re human’ checks have been temporarily put in place at…
Happy New Year to readers old & new! Well, it's time for a new chapter. My old diary ("Put away your purse & become debt averse") achieved pretty much what I intended. I shared the story of how I got into debt at the age of 19 & stayed that way until a pretty enormous lightbulb pinged on during my early 40s, I've shared…
Hi, just need advice please. My friend have received attached pcn from NPC for not parking within bay. Is the pcn compliant with pofa and anything can be done? Its a residential car park and he lives there. Bay marking are not very clear and there are few signs but none on entry. I have attached couple mpre pics of car…
With the public finances seeming in a worse state than ever, and with the government seemingly unable to get even small cuts in spend past its own MPs, I'm worried again about another private-sector pension raid. I have protected status within my SIPP so can take out £450k tax-free. I almost did it last year - well…
When I have transferred several ISA between different banks having given them more than 15 days notice prior to the maturity date the bank closing the account has transferred the money to a low interest account and then several days later transferred the money to the new ISA. This has resulted in loss of interest…
Hi All, back again :) I received my N157 letter (Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing)). It says I must pay the court fee by a certain date (cannot find anywhere to pay this so I assume I will have to call in tomorrow), and I need to by a slightly later date: * Each party must deliver to the other party…
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